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The Roswell Report: Fact versus Fiction in the New Mexico Desert was published in 1995 by Headquarters United States Air Force. It was written in response to Representative Steven H. Schiff's request and a General Accounting Office audit, and it contains Col. Richard L. Weaver's report and 1st Lt. James McAndrew's synopsis, along with attachments, appendices and photographs. The report says researchers found no evidence of an extraterrestrial craft or crew. It concludes that the 1947 debris came from a Project MOGUL balloon train.
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d. M~thods of Attack (1) .4fter ~ survey of •;_vf.:.ilable literature in aerostatics £_r.d after conferences with v&.rious balloon r.w.nU:ccturcrs [..ID Euthoritit:s it is believed that th.s DG..sic problem cf ;:1£.intEining the 15 lbs. cf payloed at constant altitude can test te solved ty using a non-extensible balloon ani a device operatea by I-Jress'tll'e which drops ballast whenever the balloon descends below a preset altitude. The specifications for the equipment are ~s follows: The balloon should be of large known volume, light in weight, non-extensible, either transparent or highly reflective to sole..r radiation. Rigging should. be used to O.istribute the load evenly about the balloon. A safety valve should be used to hold. the inflation appendix of the balloon normally closed (as any hydrogen lost decreses the time ;_Jossible at nominal constar1t altitude). The va.lve would act as a safety vent if the balloon should rise appreciably above the altitude where it is fully inflated, as there is danger of rupturing the envelope unless the excess yressure is relieved. The safety valve should be set to release ;>ressure before the limit of the working stress of the balloon f~bric is reached. If the eY.act volume of the balloon is known and the air density vs. altit·u.de rele.tionship is determined on the 2.ay of i'light, it is possible to compute the total lift of the gas in the balloon at ~ny altitude. By adjusting th~ gross load to be supported by the gas to equal the total lift at the uesired altitude of flight, the balloon will level off at the datred - 19 -
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